How To Install curtin on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install curtin on Ubuntu 20.04. curtin is Library and tools for the curtin installer Library and tools for the curtin installer

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install curtin on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is curtin

curtin is:

This package provides the curtin installer.

Curtin is an installer that is blunt, brief, snappish, snippety and unceremonious.

Package: curtin Architecture: all Version: 19.3-27-g437caaa9-0ubuntu1 Priority: extra Section: admin Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 27 Depends: bcache-tools, btrfs-progs | btrfs-tools, dosfstools, file, gdisk, lvm2, mdadm, parted, probert-storage | probert, python3-curtin (= 19.3-27-g437caaa9-0ubuntu1), udev, xfsprogs Filename: pool/main/c/curtin/curtin_19.3-27-g437caaa9-0ubuntu1_all.deb Size: 2496 MD5sum: a4fe087639135cbc111946b6bc62144d SHA1: 57c5197f3209b3edfcab8b427c1cff2f014aaade SHA256: 903863d43daf56a4161cf902ee15e5af81a3f73fa0c7f59737ee99487b0fbb28 Homepage: http://launchpad.net/curtin Description-en: Library and tools for the curtin installer This package provides the curtin installer.

Curtin is an installer that is blunt, brief, snappish, snippety and unceremonious.

There are three methods to install curtin on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install curtin Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install curtin using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install curtin

Install curtin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install curtin using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install curtin

Install curtin Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install curtin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install curtin

How To Uninstall curtin on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the curtin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove curtin

Uninstall curtin And Its Dependencies

To uninstall curtin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove curtin

Remove curtin Configurations and Data

To remove curtin configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge curtin

Remove curtin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove curtin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge curtin

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install curtin package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.